November 29, 2022

November 29, 2022 - Afforable Housing, Wrecker Charges, and More

Sorry for the delay, I hope you all enjoyed your holiday!

NOVEMBER 22 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The agenda session recording can be found here.

The business meeting recording can be found here.

The meeting minutes can be found here.

At the November 22 agenda session, the city council:

• discussed proposed changes to the TIF policy.
• discussed possible changes to the zoning code to resolve discrepancies in allowed density between the C2 zone and the UGC zone. This issue has been key in several controversial rezoning cases, including the Airport Inn rezoning. The council discussed directing the RPA to study these changes and present their findings to council at a later date.
• discussed the relationship between housing quality, density, transportation, and affordability more broadly.

At the November 22 business session, the city council:

• votes on several rezoning case (see agenda for full details).
• voted to direct the newly formed Sports Authority Board to begin due diligence work with regards to the proposed South Broad Stadium. The city shall bear all expenses of this due diligence research.
• votes to confirm the appointment of Vickie Haley as interim Chief Financial Officer and Phillip A. Noblett as interim City Attorney.
• approved 3 routine purchases and 1 sole source purchase, including a $2M for a HVAC services contract.
• two citizens addressed the council. You can view the full comments here.

NOVEMBER 29 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The proposed meeting agenda can be found here.

The proposed city council agenda for November 29 includes:

• a vote to allow an increase in billing and charges for district wreckers (first reading).
• a vote to adopt the 2018 edition of the International Building Code (first reading).
• a vote to adopt the 2018 edition of the International Fuel Gas Code (first reading).
• a vote to adopt the 2018 edition of the International Mechanical Code (first reading).
• a vote to adopt the 2018 edition of the International Plumbing Code (first reading).
• a vote to adopt the 2018 edition of the International Fire Code (first reading).
• a vote to amend a portion of the city code relating to sewer service lines (first reading).
• a vote to amend the Tax Increment Financing Policies and Procedures.
• votes to confirm the appointment of Santosh Sankar and Chris Sugden to the Metropolitan Airport Authority.
• votes on 3 public works contracts and one honorary street renaming (see agenda for full details).

DECEMBER 6 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The proposed meeting agenda can be found here.

The proposed city council agenda for December 6 includes:

• a vote to allow an increase in billing and charges for district wreckers (second reading).
• a vote to adopt the 2018 edition of the International Building Code (second reading).
• a vote to adopt the 2018 edition of the International Fuel Gas Code (second reading).
• a vote to adopt the 2018 edition of the International Mechanical Code (second reading).
• a vote to adopt the 2018 edition of the International Plumbing Code (second reading).
• a vote to adopt the 2018 edition of the International Fire Code (second reading).
• a vote to amend a portion of the city code relating to sewer service lines (second reading).
• a vote to enter a lease agreement with Chattanooga Hockey Inc. (see agenda for full details).
• votes to authorize the appointment of several individuals as Special Police Officers (unarmed) in their capacity as code enforcement officials.
• a vote to authorize the hiring of an additional UTC graduate assistant to serve the Office of Community Health for the amount of ~$14k.